July 11
Well, I've been saving and slowly paying down the line of credit debt over the past 2 years or so. Mama's in her house now. It's a comfortable house. I've stayed there for over a week. The plumbing works. The carpet is cushy. The temperature from the new HVAC unit is comfortable. The kitchen cabinets are gorgeous.
Daddy died 1.5 years ago and could not see the repairs and how well off the house turned out to be. However, his legacy lives on. He was a wonderful man. That's an understatement.
After all that, the condo building caught up with me and wanted the rest of the back condo fees that I owed. I never forgot about them. I was ready to pay up. It was actually cheaper than I thought. I owed $4500 when I thought I owed $6K - maybe $8K after years of interest. I felt relief paying it off. I used my line of credit so that's back up again. I could have used savings - and maybe I will pay if off with savings before the summer is up. Save the interest and pay myself back instead.
My finances are the most organized part of my life. I also like to focus on being organized with time and possessions. So, I think I'll talk in the future more about being organized in life in general.
I'm teaching summer school simply because I had nothing else planned this summer and if I don't have a reason to get out of bed each day, I'll waste time. After one week, I used a week's pay to travel to Montreal for the weekend and thoroughly enjoyed myself. No one else was available or they didn't have passports. So, I told my family to update their passports. I don't mind paying their way if I can to create those memories.
